Improved apparatus for oiling journals



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo I-IVIPROVED APPARATUS FOR OILING JOURNALS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No: 55,938, dated June 26,1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMES E. WEAVER, of Teinperanceville, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Oilin g Journals; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in the use of a vessel4 furnishedwith tubes and so arranged with relation to the journal that saidjournal can be oiled at will, or lubricated or oiled by a continual flowof oil.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvent-ion, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A and B represent au ordinaryplumber-block or bearing ier shafting. g and h represent bolts and Vnutsused for holding the two parts of the pli'nnber-block together. jrepresents the shaft or journal. 7c represents a pan for catching wasteoil. i represents a block of wood, which is secured on the cap of theplumber-block. Upon the wooden block z' is a vessel, C, which isfurnished with two pipes, d and e, and a stopper, marked 2. The pipemarked e extends down in the vessel G, near to its bottom, and one endof the pipe is placed in an opening, marked x, in the cap B of theplumber-block, and is furnished with an air-valve, marked 1. The vessel(l should be elevated, and pipe e so arranged that it acts as a Siphonfor drawing' oil from vessel C and conveying it to the journal j.

The operation of my improvement is as follows: Having all thingsarranged and constructed as described and represented, I remove thestopper 2, and put the desired quantity of oil in the vessel G, andreplace the stopper 2. I then force air through pipe d, as shown by thearrows 4, which will force oil out through the pipe e to the journal, asindicated by the arrows marked 3. When I do not want the pipe e to actas a siphon I open the valve l.

What I claim-as of my invention is The combination of the vessel C andpipes d and e with a plumber-block or bearing of shaftin g, as hereindescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES E. VEAVER.

Witnesses:

J AMES J. JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER HAYs.

